Box-support.



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1.159,277.. V mma Nw. 2.1915.

' UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

vHARRIE ALLEN SACKETT, OF WEST PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNOR TO F. WAYLAND AYER, HENRY N. McKINNEY, JARVIS A. WOOD, ALBERT G. BRAD- FORD, lAND WILFRED W. FRY, COPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS UNDER TI-IE FIRM- NAME OF N.' W. AYER & SON, 0F PHILADELPHIA., PENNSYLVANIA..

BOX-SUPPORT.

Box-Supports; and I do hereby declare thel following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others' skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to store furniture,V

and more especially to stands which are used for the display of merchandise on the counter or on or in the show-case; and one ob- ]ect of the same is to produce a neat and light support of pliable sheet metal which is intended to be furnished and packed With suitably wrapped, Y

each box or carton of goods, so that the retailer by bending it'and applying it as per directions may-attach it to the inner end of said box and support the latter in an inclined position with its contents attractively presented to ythe prospective purchaser.

Another object of the invention is to produce a box support having a display panel capable of being made wider than the box and so formed thatthe use of the panel is optional with 'the retailer.

These objects are carried out by constructing and using the support in the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box taken from the rear end and showing the same held elevated by one of these improved supports, and this view has been made use of to show another support as lying over the front end of the box in the position it assumes when the box reaches the retailer. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the upper end of the box with the support applied. Fig. 3 isa plan view ,of the 'blank from which this support is made, the dots indicating the lines on whichjit is folded. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of an amplified form of this invention wherein a d1splay panel is added to the support proper, the wings being turned outward at the right side of this View.v

`Most small commodities are now shipped in quantities packed in a box or carton and Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed March 16, 1915.y Serial No. 14,866.

It is the purpose of the present invention to supply'wlth each box or carton a little easel or'support, the intention being that the .retailer will apply the support and attractively display the contents by setting the open box on his counter or show-case.

I have shown the invention as applied to haps three by six inches, and an inch deep. Let B designate the bottom of this box, E

v its upper end, S its sides having upper edges U, land C a cover hinged at Hto the upper end E if it be hinged, although this cover might. be entirely removable,-

The blank from which my improved supan ordinary pasteboard box measuring perport is made, is best seen in Fig.v 3, being cut from thin pliable sheet metal such as tin and at a singledescent of the'. die. The latter may score this blank along the dotted lines in that view to facilitate subsequent bending. I have shown one corner cut ofi' oblique as at 1 excepting for an ear 2 which'is left at some point in this oblique line', and I have shown the other corner 3 intactI but scored with an oblique line 4 corresponding with the line l. The blank would not be cut in this' way, but I have used this view to show two methods of forming ears at its upper corners, either o" which might be employed. The body 5 the blank between the upright lines 6 and `7 is substantially recdefined by a line 10 beneath which the metal extends a short distance to be turned in be-l tween the inturned wings to constitute a foot l1, so that the raw edge of the body will not injure a varnished or highly polished counter or other surface upon which the support finally rests.' At two orrmore suitable points near theVv top of the body 5 the material thereofy is cut through on lines 12 which are herein shown as of inverted U shape to 'pro-1 duce tabs,l3,'and the material may be scored ico across the line 14 lat-the foot at thesevtabs;

of its position as shown at the right of Fig.

Finally the body is preferably provided with two good sized openings or holes 15 and 1G.

.Gn the understanding that the upper core ners of any one device are alike, it is out by a die or suitable machine after the inanner already described, and folded at right vangles on the lines 6, 7 and 10. t is my in- .tention that the width of the body shall be the same as the width of the box or lcarton, and therefore when folded as just nientioned thesupportmay be slipped over the lower end of the open box after 'the latter iisulilled. and before its cover| is applied, the wings S and 9 passing loutside the sides S of the box and the foot 11 passing outside its lower end. Each box reaching the retailer has one of the supports within it, as seen at the right in Fig. 1, and it will be obvious l'that the box cover will' pass down outside the wings and foot so that these members hold the support in position during shipment. y,

In the use of this device as a support, the

.retailer will open the box by removing or raising its cover C, will take the support-out 1, will bend down the two tabs 13 on the lines 14 so that they constitute brackets as lseen in Fig. 2, and will then pass the up-y per ends of the wings 8 and 9 outside the upper ends of the two sides S of the box with the supporting brackets 13 under its bottom B at the angle between the latter and its upper end E, bending down the ears 2 or 3 and clamping them over the upper edges U of the sides S so that the distance between thefold line 1 and the upper faces j of the brackets 13 is the same as the height of the sides So'f the box. In'Fig. 2 it will be observed thatv the width of ear 2 is about half the widthf the upper end of the wing 9", or in other words part of said upper end is the fold line 1 which causes the ear 2 to pass over into the box, .and the remaining part 1 is behind the box and concealed by its cover C if the box have one. If not, the space 17,"forms a convenient receptacle for the inse 'tion of the lower end of an advertising of price card, whose upper portion will obvio sly rise above the rear and upper end of the box and whoseface will be these boxes could be disposed side by side and substantially in contact with each other as in the case of cigar boxes. Assuming that they-aref displayed within a show-case, the salesi'nfan lcan at any time reach into the -backofthe saine and pass his thumb and finmaaar? ger'through the holes 15 and 16, so that the support becomes a convenient handle by means of which the box can be withdrawn from its place, lifted out of the showbrackets underlying the box as seen in Fig.

2, but. obviously there could be .a greater or less number than two. I prefer that the lears 2 shall engage the upper edges of the sides S so as not to interfere with the hinge H or the use of the coverC, and also that.

angle to the bottom B of the box, but this is not absolutely necessary.' I prefer to bend inward .the foot 11 so as not to scratch a polished counter, but the metal could be beaded or its raw edge otherwise avoided at this po-int. For hand holds I prefer simply to cut two large holes 15 and 16, but obviously any convenient form of handle might beV stamped or cut at this point.

In Fig. 4' is shown an amplification of the same general idea, and 1 have taken advantage of this view to show a few modifications but these modifications could be used on the simpler type of my invention.

The second object of this invention is described above as contemplating the provision of an advertising panel in conjunction with the box support. This panel is provided by continuing the body 5 upward as shown at 20, and possibly forming wings 28 and 29 on its side edges, the upper ends of the body and wings being given a suitable ornamental configuration as shown. The lower ends of the 'wings are by preference cut out as shown at 2G and 27 to leave space for the ears 2 which are formed at the upper ends of the main wings 8 and 9, and these cut-outs may also be formed on ornamental lines. The shape of the wings, and in fact even the use of wings 2S and 29, is optional, but if they are employed they will be initially turned down into the plane of the main wings 8 and 9 so that the device can be packed over the body of the box as shown in Fig. 1. 1n. this condition and as seen at the left of Fig. 4

the device reaches the retailer, but he will turn the wings outward, as the wing 29 is v shown at the right of this view, so as to increase the width ofthe' panel 20 by the width of both wings 28 and 29. Their faces will be printed, litho'graplied, or otherwise inscribed with attractive advertising mattei',

' advertising card, and permit thegretailer to lay this card over the panel 20 and bend its wings inward over the edges of the card to clamp the latter in place; and in that case 20 spect to the support is shown. Instead of the face of the card will contain advertising matter, and perhaps' the back of the card might contain other advertising matter worded a littledifferently so that the retailer v could select which face of the card he would display. This amplification of the idea. provides for the use of a display panel or sign holder `carried by the upper end of the box support, and yet ifthe retailer did not wish to employ the same he could bend it back on 'the line 25 between the panel 20 and' body 5,

or possibly break it off there. Therefore the use of this amplification is optional.

In Fig. 4 a slight modification with recutting the body 5 on'the curved lines 12 and providing it additionally with large holes and 16, I' have here cut it with crescent shaped openings 32 and left upstanding tabs 83 at the bottoms of the crescents. When these tabs are bent inward as seen at the right in Fig. 4, they constitute brackets for use-in the same manner as illustrated at 13 in F ig. 2, but the openings 32 now become in veffect large holes through which the fingers may be passed, and therefore the provision of other holes in the body is rendered un- Y necessary.

'-4. said wings clamped over the upper edges of the box-sides.

2. The combination with a box including a bottom, sides, and ends; of a support in-l cluding a body, wings at theedges thereof bent at right angles to the plane of the bodyand spaced sufficiently to pass outside the boxsides, lpliable elements formed in said body and adapted to be bent under the box-bot? tom, and pliable elements formed at the. up-

per ends of said wings at points remote from said angles andadapted to be bent over the upper edges of the box-sides where the box is inclined and the body stands vertical.

3. The combination with a box including a bottom, sides, and ends; of asheet metal support comprising an upright body having tabs cut therefrom .and adapted to be bent inward to support the box-end, integral righteangular wings at the side edges of the body spaced suiciently to pass outside the v box-sides, ears at their upper ends adapted to be bent inward over lthe edges of the boxsides; and a display member comprising a panel integral with and of the same width as said bodv and rising from its upper edge,

and initially right-angular wings atthe side edges of saidpanel spaced suiciently to vpass outside the box-sides and cut out at their lower ends over said ears.

4. The herein described lbox support made of a single piece of sheet metal comprising la rectangular body, upright wings at the edges thereof bent into parallel planes at right angles to that of the body, -tabs stamped from the body and adapted to be bent in ward between said wings, the upper ends of said wings being formed on oblique lines, and integral ears projecting-at points from said llines and adapted to be bentinward over the sides of the box body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRIE ALLEN SACKETT. Witnesses:

CLARENCE R. PALMER, JOHN J. RUTHERFORD. 

